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This is why Dong Qi was not entirely satisfied with the several renovation plans proposed by Peng Qi.

The more sophisticated the modification method appears, the deeper the pitfall it becomes for Dong Qi.

On the contrary, simply installing a multi-barreled super-powerful device on the top of Dong Qi's car would be extremely practical for him.

After all, compared to the special types of ammunition required by those weapons, machine guns use general-purpose bullets, which are not difficult to obtain.

However, Dong Qi also understood that the reason Peng Qi equipped Dong Qi's vehicle with heavy firepower was actually to control Dong Qi with special types of ammunition.

After all, aside from the restrictions on ammunition for Dong Qi, the imperial court was unwilling to allow ordinary people to possess heavy firepower capable of changing the course of a local battlefield.

Therefore, once Dong Qi's vehicle is fully modified, simply restricting the ammunition supply will allow them to easily subdue Dong Qi.

As for the electromagnetic weapon, which seems to have no ammunition limitations, although Peng Qi is willing to provide detailed parameters of solid metal bullets, whether or not these parameters are provided will not have a significant impact.

Since it is a solid metal bullet, the most important parameters are only the metal hardness and the diameter of the bullet. As long as there is a physical object to refer to, it is very easy to defend against these parameters.

Not to mention that compared to gunpowder-based ammunition, electromagnetic weapons do not have high requirements for bullet diameter. Slight deviations in bullet size will not affect the normal firing of electromagnetic weapons.

Therefore, although Peng Qi appeared very generous, he did not actually offer Dong Qi any real benefits, since the ammunition parameters Peng Qi provided only included solid metal bullets.

The bullets that can truly and effectively enhance the power of electromagnetic guns are those special ammunition, but Peng Qi deliberately kept the detailed parameters of these special ammunition very secret.

More importantly, compared to the low operating costs of other weapons, electromagnetic weapons require a large amount of electricity to operate.

At this time, most power plants have stopped operating, and the few thermal power plants that have resumed operation are mostly supplying electricity to key units.

At this point, if Dong Qi wanted to obtain enough electricity to power his electromagnetic weapons, the only options were to purchase fuel directly from the local government and use a generator to generate electricity.

Whether he generated electricity himself using large amounts of fuel or applied directly to the local government to charge his electromagnetic weapons, he could not circumvent the imperial court's surveillance.

In short, no matter which weapon Dong Qi chooses to modify, as long as Dong Qi uses those weapons, the imperial court can indirectly learn about the specific targets Dong Qi attacks with those weapons.

This means that even if Dong Qi does not join the research institute and remains independent in his personal capacity, as long as he participates in major operations, the court will be able to understand the specific circumstances of the ammunition use when he resupplys it.

Dong Qi understood why Peng Qi did this, and Peng Qi also understood that Dong Qi understood his purpose in doing so.

At this point, both sides understood each other's thoughts, and Dong Qi had no choice but to back down.

Not only could they not simply add a heavy machine gun to the top of their vehicle as Dong Qi suggested, but they had to choose one of the weapons Peng Qi had just provided for modification.

Since we have to choose from these options, we can only pick the best of the worst. Since each choice has its drawbacks, we can ignore those and just blindly choose the one with the greatest power.

When Peng Qi saw that Dong Qi had ultimately chosen to modify the weapon using electromagnetic technology, he secretly rejoiced.

Peng Qi's thoughts were not as complicated as Dong Qi's. The reason he recommended that Dong Qi choose electromagnetic weapons was not actually to trick Dong Qi.

Instead, this electromagnetic weapon was actually a new weapon developed by his team, which included a senior colleague with whom he had a good relationship.

Due to certain special reasons, this weapon has never been deployed for combat testing. If combat testing has not been arranged, this weapon cannot be considered a successful development.

If the research and development neither fails nor succeeds, and remains in a state of pending verification, then his senior's research team will not be able to apply for new research projects during this period.

In fact, most new project development teams are not afraid of the project failing in the end, since no one can guarantee that their newly developed project will be successful.

But the worst-case scenario is like Peng Qi's team, where the test was successful in the lab but no real-world testing was ever started, and the project remained in a state of pending verification.

This situation—without failure, without success, and without verification—is what most likely to cause panic within the R&D team.

If it weren't for Senior Brother Peng Qi finding Peng Qi and pleading with him to help if given the chance...

When recommending modification methods, Peng Qi would never even mention the modification of electromagnetic weapons, let alone give it a prominent recommendation, much less provide detailed parameters for live ammunition like he has now.

Senior Brother Peng Qi knew that the research institute where Peng Qi worked had set up a temporary research station near the front line of the battlefield, so he sent over several sets of finished products, hoping that Peng Qi would find an opportunity to help verify the electromagnetic weapons they had developed in actual combat.

Just as Dong Qi had thought, compared to ordinary weapons, they could be picked up and used directly.

To use electromagnetic weapons, large-capacity energy storage batteries must be prepared in advance. If miniature nuclear batteries are available, electromagnetic weapons may be able to be used as freely as ordinary weapons.

But now, even the smallest electromagnetic weapon needs a sizable energy storage battery to operate independently of the power grid.

Therefore, to use electromagnetic weapons at will, one must at least have a vehicle like Dong Qi's that can carry energy storage batteries; otherwise, it can only be used as a fixed turret.

Because the research institute already had finished products, Peng Qi quickly arranged for personnel to carry out the modifications after Dong Qi confirmed the modification plan.

However, when the modification began, because the frame of Dong Qi's natal car had been strengthened to the level of a limit magic weapon, the modification personnel were unable to drill holes in the roof to fix the electromagnetic cannon.

Seeing this situation, Dong Qi had no choice but to take matters into his own hands. Since it was Dong Qi's personal vehicle, it was very easy for him to make a hole.

Since a pre-made electromagnetic railgun is being installed, all that is needed is to fix the railgun to the roof of the vehicle. The next step is to install the controller and the energy storage battery.

In Peng Qi's view, because the rear compartment has extra space expanded by Luo Yun, Peng Qi plans to equip Dong Qi with a large-sized, high-capacity super battery.

After all, the power consumption of electromagnetic weapons is not insignificant.